Hello!
السلام عليكم
مرحبا
أهلاً
Kaya
Yaama
Marni
First, we are really glad to share that academics from 19 universities and several independent research and policy institutes have endorsed our Open Letter.
The range of disciplines included is outstanding; worth taking a moment to read over:
- Aboriginal literature/storytelling
- Aboriginal older-adult physical activity
- Aboriginal Studies
- Activism
- AI ethics
- Arab/Muslim Australian social movements
- Australian politics
- Bureaucratic governance
- City planning
- Climate & just transition
- Climate change adaptation
- Cultural theory
- Decolonisation
- Decolonising pedagogy
- Diaspora studies
- Disability inclusion
- Domestic and family violence studies
- Emotional geographies
- Environmental economics
- Environmental feminism
- Environmental justice
- Environmental planning
- Ethical investing/ESG
- Feminist economics
- Gender studies
- Gender & migration studies
- Green political theory
- History
- Human-centred governance
- Human rights
- Indigeneity
- Indigenous education
- Indigenous health
- Indigenous policy
- International relations
- Islamophobia
- Jewish history
- Labour economics and justice
- Linguistics
- Literature & cultural production in the Middle East
- Macroeconomic governance
- Media studies
- Middle East diaspora politics
- Middle East studies, The Middle East particularly Palestine and Israel
- Migration & multiculturalism studies
- Political ideology and ideologies
- Political economy
- Political science
- Post-colonial studies / post-development
- Public administration
- Public policy
- Racism in the health system
- Racism and critical race studies
- Refugee/refugee child policy
- Right to the city
- Settler colonialism
- Social/spatial justice
- Sociology
- Sovereignty & resistance
- The intersection of social movements and parliamentary politics
- The role of party members in shaping the Australian Greens
- Youth identities
- Zionism & Israeli politics
SO GOOD!
As well, signatories come from scholars affiliated with universities in Madagjin (Brisbane), Boorloo (Perth), Larrakia country (Darwin), Eora lands (Sydney), Tarntanya (Adelaide) and across Naarm (Melbourne), including Uni of Melbourne, set to host the Shorten keynote on the morning of Wednesday 26 November. And a friendly shout-out to our Associate Professor of Political Science friend in British Columbia, Canada! Hello! and thank you.
Absolute legends. Thankyou.
The response is very encouraging and represents a serious and credible intervention. We're coming together to clearly say that our collaborative spaces, research findings, thoughtful reflections, conversations, care, and imaginings are off-limits for those supportive of Zionism and those silent on genocide.
No es de ahora, es de hace 75 años, BASTA de genocidio, BASTA de apartheid en Palestina y en cualquier
¡Lugar del mundo!
Second update. The Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) has today released our press statement, giving journalists two full weeks' lead time before the APSA conference and Shorten's keynote. See: our media release, emailed to journos today!
Here's how you can help amplify this moment:
- Continue sharing the Open Letter with your collaborators, especially those in politics, political science, political economics, public policy, social policy, economic inclusion, government, IR, justice, democracy, and similar departments & research areas. Think: thought-leaders, writers, public intellectuals, community leaders…
- Share today's presser on your social media.
- If you have great, trusted media contacts, locally or abroad, definitely send them the press release or forward their details to us: press@apan.org.au
Finally, thank you for your kind and supportive notes, which we received via email.
Yours truly
The Open Letter team, including:
Nasser Mashni, President, Australian Palestinian Network of Australia (APAN)
Antony Loewenstein, award-winning journalist and author of The Palestine Laboratory, whose words have been translated into more than a dozen languages
Kara Beavis, feminist economist & gender violence scholar and educator, former Policy Manager and Research Director in London, Sydney, Johannesburg and for international organisations.
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